Martin is doing a good job, but it’s all down to how the players perform on the day. Martin doesn’t play football anymore. He just picks the team and tells them what to do – it’s up to them to go out there out there and do it.

Getting the defence sorted has been a big thing, and it was pleasing to see us keep another clean-sheet against Hull. When I was playing, that was like scoring a goal for us defenders. We took as much pride in that as the strikers did in scoring goals.

If we can stay solid at the back, we’ve always got a chance.

Joao Carvalho celebrates with his teammates after scoring for Nottingham Forest against Hull City (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)

Hull had quite a bit of the ball on Saturday, but they never really came close to scoring, whereas we scored three.

We’re at that time of the season when it’s just really about getting results and picking up points, not how well you play.

It doesn’t matter how you get the wins, as long as you get them. If you need to scrap and win ugly, that’s what you have to do.

Joao Carvalho came on and made a difference . He made a big contribution and scored the goal which got us going.

It was a great goal, too. Any time the ball goes in off the post, it’s almost impossible for the goalkeeper to save it.

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That will give him a lot of confidence, I’m sure, because he has found himself out of the first XI.

I think he is a quality player. It’s just about finding the right system for him.

I do think Martin is still finding out his best team; I don’t know if he knows what his best XI is yet.

He’s still finding out about players and having a look at some of them.

The players who have been in the side have set the standard, but there are others pushing them all the way now.

Karim Ansarifard will hope he’s done enough to catch Martin’s eye after he showed quick reactions to get his goal.

He’ll be trying to show Martin he deserves to start a game. That’s what you want in the squad. You want that competition. You want good players who are hungry and desperate to get out there on the pitch.